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Show BODY OF LITE KING SWFMffl HOIE Short Funeral Service Held for Frederick VIII. of Denmark Den-mark at Hamburg'. HAMBURG, Germany, May .16. Tho body of King Frederick VIII. of Denmark, who died hero under pathetic circumstances Tuesday, was started on its iourney to Copenhagen at S o'clock this morning, A short and simple funeral service was held in the rooms of the hotel be-1 fore the casket was carried down the stairs bv twelve municipal employees attired in quaiut fifteenth century costumes. They woro black doublets, knee breeches, whito stockings, black illumed hats and Bwords. As the procession pro-cession passed other officials in mediae- ....1 . ! -.1 U nV vai uutuuiues iincu up on uuuu amu tho door. The widowed Queen Louisa left the hotel on tho arm of Prince Tlarald, her third son. Prince Gustnvo and the Princesses Thyra aud Dagniar, the three youngCBt children of the late kintr. who had traveled with him and the onoen from Nice, came immediately immediate-ly after their brother. Queen Louisa, lust beforo the casket was moved, left the rooms of tho hotel of hc.rown accord, ac-cord, and, with a voice breaking with emotion, addressed a few touching nhrasos to the members of the Danish colony, who, with a largo number of citizens of Hamburg, had assembled on the stair case. Her majesty reminded them of the nloasurn her husband had always found in visiting Hamburg, and thanked them for their kindness and consideration since his death. The incident was unexpected and many of those present were weeping when tho queen finished. A military escort was waiting outside out-side the hotel and saluted as tho casket was borne out. while great crowds of silent spectators gathered along the route to the station notwithstanding tho drizzling rain. Another guard of honor was drawn un inside the train and presented arms as the casket was placed on tho funeral fu-neral car. |